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UpdateCcmRegistryValues: GetShortPathName failed (3) error when installing a Synergy client

Troubleshooting


Problem

The error: ‘UpdateCcmRegistryValues: GetShortPathName failed (3)’ is received when trying to install an IBM Rational Synergy client on a Microsoft Windows machine.

Symptom

Event ID: 11708

The Synergy server is installed on the UNIX box and when trying to download and install the Synergy client using the URL http://<server_name>:port on the Windows machine, it fails with the error: ‘UpdateCcmRegistryValues: GetShortPathName failed (3)’.

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 December 2020

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